diff --git a/src/app/shared/bias-annotations/bias-annotations.css b/src/app/shared/bias-annotations/bias-annotations.css
index 8ae83b5..a6702d8 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/bias-annotations/bias-annotations.css
+++ b/src/app/shared/bias-annotations/bias-annotations.css
@@ -19,7 +19,23 @@ button:disabled { cursor: not-allowed; opacity: .5; }
 .bias-actions { justify-content: flex-end; }
 .bias-actions .danger { color: #b91c1c; }
 .bias-error, label.invalid em { margin-top: 5px; color: #b91c1c; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; }
-.bias-modal-backdrop { position: fixed; inset: 0; z-index: 10020; display: grid; place-items: center; background: rgb(15 23 42 / 55%); }
+.bias-modal-backdrop {
+  position: fixed;
+  inset: 0;
+  z-index: 10020;
+  display: grid;
+  place-items: center;
+  width: 100vw;
+  height: 100vh;
+  max-width: 100vw;
+  max-height: 100vh;
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+  border: none;
+  background: transparent;
+  color: inherit;
+}
+.bias-modal-backdrop::backdrop { background: rgb(15 23 42 / 55%); }
 .bias-modal { width: min(620px, 92vw); max-height: 86vh; overflow: auto; border-radius: 14px; background: white; padding: 20px; box-shadow: 0 20px 60px rgb(0 0 0 / 25%); }
 .bias-modal h3 { margin: 0 0 14px; font-size: 18px; }
 .bias-form { display: grid; gap: 12px; }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/bias-annotations/bias-annotations.html b/src/app/shared/bias-annotations/bias-annotations.html
index b4c90c3..06d2f96 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/bias-annotations/bias-annotations.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/bias-annotations/bias-annotations.html
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 </section>
 
 @if (editorOpen) {
-<div class="bias-modal-backdrop" (pointerdown)="$event.stopPropagation()" (click)="close($event)">
+<dialog #biasModalDialog class="bias-modal-backdrop" (pointerdown)="$event.stopPropagation()" (click)="onDialogClick($event)" (cancel)="close($event)">
   <form class="bias-modal" (pointerdown)="$event.stopPropagation()" (click)="$event.stopPropagation()" (submit)="save($event)">
     <h3>{{ editingIndex === null ? 'Add' : 'Edit' }} bias annotation</h3>
     <div class="bias-form">
@@ -75,6 +75,6 @@
       <button type="submit" class="primary">Save</button>
     </div>
   </form>
-</div>
+</dialog>
 }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/bias-annotations/bias-annotations.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/bias-annotations/bias-annotations.spec.ts
index ba37a2f..49c94bc 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/bias-annotations/bias-annotations.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/bias-annotations/bias-annotations.spec.ts
@@ -110,6 +110,26 @@ describe('BiasAnnotationsComponent', () => {
     expect(component.serverError(1, 'category')).toBeNull();
   });
 
+  it('renders the editor as a native <dialog> so it escapes the node canvas transform, and closing it via the backdrop click works', () => {
+    (fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('.bias-add') as HTMLButtonElement).click();
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    const dialog = fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('dialog.bias-modal-backdrop') as HTMLDialogElement;
+    expect(dialog).not.toBeNull();
+
+    component.onDialogClick({ target: dialog, stopPropagation: vi.fn() } as unknown as MouseEvent);
+    expect(component.editorOpen).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('does not close when clicking inside the dialog content', () => {
+    (fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('.bias-add') as HTMLButtonElement).click();
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    const form = fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('.bias-modal') as HTMLElement;
+    component.onDialogClick({ target: form, stopPropagation: vi.fn() } as unknown as MouseEvent);
+    expect(component.editorOpen).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it('maps typed mock-output probe errors to nested fields', () => {
     validationErrors.set([{
       code: 'BIAS_PROBE_MOCK_OUTPUT_TYPE_MISMATCH',
diff --git a/src/app/shared/bias-annotations/bias-annotations.ts b/src/app/shared/bias-annotations/bias-annotations.ts
index 4c72e30..eb05393 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/bias-annotations/bias-annotations.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/bias-annotations/bias-annotations.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
-import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, EventEmitter, Input, Output, inject } from '@angular/core';
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, ElementRef, EventEmitter, Input, Output, effect, inject, viewChild } from '@angular/core';
 import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
 import {
   BiasAnnotation,
@@ -55,6 +55,32 @@ export class BiasAnnotationsComponent {
   draft: BiasAnnotation = {};
   clientErrors: Record<string, string> = {};
 
+  /**
+   * The editor renders inside a node card, which rete.js positions with a CSS
+   * `transform` for pan/zoom. A `transform` on any ancestor turns it into the
+   * containing block for `position: fixed` descendants, so a plain fixed-position
+   * backdrop would be confined to the node's box instead of covering the page.
+   * A native `<dialog>` opened via `showModal()` is promoted to the browser's
+   * top layer, which sits above the whole document regardless of ancestor
+   * transforms — no manual DOM reparenting needed.
+   */
+  private readonly modalDialog = viewChild<ElementRef<HTMLDialogElement>>('biasModalDialog');
+
+  constructor() {
+    effect(() => {
+      const dialog = this.modalDialog()?.nativeElement;
+      if (dialog && typeof dialog.showModal === 'function' && !dialog.open) {
+        dialog.showModal();
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  onDialogClick(event: MouseEvent) {
+    if (event.target === this.modalDialog()?.nativeElement) {
+      this.close(event);
+    }
+  }
+
   get descriptor(): BiasAnnotationsDescriptor | null {
     const descriptorSignal = (this.blocks as BlocksService & {
       biasAnnotationsDescriptor?: () => BiasAnnotationsDescriptor | null